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AI For Good: How 3 Nonprofits Grew Their Impact With Machine Learning

Global Giving

Have you exchanged data with like-minded organizations to grow your impact? The UCSF Brain and Spinal Injury Center improves treatment guidelines using insights from machine learning. They partnered with DataRobot to better understand the drivers of patient outcomes and improve treatment guidelines.

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How To Stop Your Nonprofit’s After Hours Email Habit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When nonprofit staff are constantly monitoring their email after work hours — whether this is due to a fear of missing something from their executive director or out of habit — they are missing out on essential down time that brains need. Time away from work and being online produces new ideas and fresh insights.

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The Value of Taking Mini-Breaks During the Nonprofit Work Day

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This is known as “ brain breaks ” where you simply STOP for a moment and do something to reset and renew your brain’s capacity to absorb or create that next thought. As many nonprofit professionals know too well, a hard-working but “tired” brain needs a few moments to “recharge.”

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How to Thrive When Work Doesn’t Love You Back

sgEngage

Rest is a necessary and important productivity tool—and an important part of doing the inner AND outer work of being a mindful changemaker. But this is my general guideline for meetings at the moment. These breaks allow our brains and bodies to recover from the stress of being constantly connected.

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Wearable Computing: Sussing Out the Frontiers of Nonprofit Technology

Tech Soup

One curious aspect of Glass is that Google had to publish guidelines. He is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience field of ‘brain computer interface’ or thought controlled computing. When the letter flashes that the user wants to type, the software registers the jump in brain activity and types the corresponding letter.

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This tool guides your team through the process of writing a remote working charter, defining the guidelines and behavior expected of people working at a distance. Your team can do a simple mindfulness exercise by starting a meeting with a deep breath and going around the table to share how you are feeling in the moment.

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3 Tips for Building Your Organization’s Brand

Achieve

What comes to mind? Why does your brain immediately connect all of those images immediately with Coke? Coke has created a “share of mind” that exists worldwide where people associate Coke with their brand elements; however, it is a process that takes time, patience and unwavering dedication to consistency. The answer: branding.

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